Chamomile = Relax and Heal

Whether in the East or West, Chamomile has been used as
medicine for sleep related and other purposes as well. Below is a compiled list of benefits and
goodness from chamomile:

It helps to heal wounds and treat cuts – in ancient
Egypt, Greece, Rome, chamomile has be used to accelerate wound healing. In a recent lab test, those rats that were
given chamomile flavored water able to have their wounds heal faster the
others. This has proved that chamomile
can help to heal wounds.

Help in treating Diabetes – there are researches
shown that chamomile tea able to lower the sugar level in blood.

Has antibacterial effect – beside the help to
the wound healing, It also protect us from bacterial related infection and
illness.

Relax muscle – It has also proven that this herb
can raise the level of glycine in our body.
This compound can relax muscle.
Thus it helps in soothing all types of muscle related pain like muscle
spasms, menstrual cramps, stomach ache, various types of ulcers and so on.

Promote sleep – besides relaxing muscle, it also
help in soothing nervous system. With
that, it enable us to sleep better. It
has been used for hundreds of years to treat insomnia.

Fight cancer cell – Some preliminary researches
has shown that it is able to reverse abnormal cell growing. Though further researches needed to confirm
how it can do that, it has proven that its capacity to fight cancerous cells.

Maintain healthy skin – beside its
anti-bacterial capability, it also has anti-septic and anti-inflammatory
properties that can protect us from skin irritations like acne, allergies and
eczema.

Hemorrhoid
Treatment – Chamomile in ointment form, has been used to sooth hemorrhoids as
well.

Help treat Irritable Bowel Syndrome – property
in Chamomile will help to soothe and relax the stomach and bowel.

help to clear dark circles under eyes – by
applying the wet lukewarm chamomile tea bag on eyes for 5 minutes. After that, wash your eyes with clean
water. It will lighten the color of the
dark circles.

reduce swelling – also using the tea bag, but this time we let
it completely cool down, with ice. Then
apply on the swollen area. Please apply
2 times in a day.

cure hair dandruff and help to grow hair – At 1st,
we will need to make chamomile decoction.
Stew about 1 ounce(30 grams) of shredded dried Chamomile in 2 ½ measure
of clean water for about half an hour. Let
it cool and then strain and keep the water to apply as hair wash.

boost immune system – because of its
anti-bacterial, anti-microbial,
anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant effects, it is able to help to battle
against bacterial thus boost our immune system.

remove wrinkles – with anti-oxidant effects, it
can heal our skin from wrinkles and make us look young again.

It is very easy to make this kind of herbal tea. You can just pour hot water on the tea bag
and let it steep for 5 minutes or so. It
does not content caffeine. You can drink
it alone or mix it with other plants like lavender. Of course, as mentioned above, there are many
other ways to apply chamomile for our benefits.